fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which is possible to return NULL which would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed. Signed-off-by: Wenchao Hao <haowenchao2@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c index 9c02c9523c4d..904d66160785 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c @@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ static void fc_lport_ptp_setup(struct fc_lport *lport, } mutex_lock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); lport->ptp_rdata = fc_rport_create(lport, remote_fid); + if (!lport->ptp_rdata) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "libfc: Failed to setup lport 0x%x\n", + lport->port_id); + mutex_unlock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); + return; + } kref_get(&lport->ptp_rdata->kref); lport->ptp_rdata->ids.port_name = remote_wwpn; lport->ptp_rdata->ids.node_name = remote_wwnn; -- 2.32.0